Secretary of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Secretary of the Presidency of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian: Sekretar Predsjedništva Saveza komunista Bosne i Hercegovine
Emblems of the LCY
First officeholder Branko Mikulić 14 November 1966 – 9 April 1969
Type	Chief of staff
Member of	SK BiH Presidency
Appointer	SK BiH Presidency
Term length	Two to four years, renewable (1966–1990)
Constituting instrument	LCY Charter & SK BiH Charter
Formation	14 November 1966
First holder	Branko Mikulić
Final holder	Dragan Kragulj
Abolished	24 February 1991

The secretary was the highest administrative leader of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SK BiH), the ruling party of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SR Bosnia and Herzegovina) in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and a branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY). The officeholder was elected by and answerable to the SK BiH Presidency.

Office history

Title	Established	Abolished	Established by
Secretary of the Executive Bureau of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian: Sekretar Izvršnog biroa Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Bosne i Hercegovine	14 November 1966	28 March 1974	? Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the SK BiH 4th Congress
Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian: Sekretar Izvršnog komiteta Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Bosne i Hercegovine	28 March 1974	20 May 1982	6th Congress of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Secretary of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian: Sekretar Predsjedništva Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Bosne i Hercegovine	16 May 1982	24 February 1991	8th Congress of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Officeholders

Secretaries of the Presidency of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Term of office	Birth	PM	Death	Nation	Ref.
1	Branko Mikulić	14 November 1966	11 January 1969	2 years, 58 days	4th (1965–1969)	1928	1945	1994	Croat	[1]
2	Nijaz Dizdarević	11 January 1969	9 April 1969	88 days	5th (1969–1974)	1920	1942	1989	Muslim	[2]
3	Hamdija Pozderac	9 April 1969	31 July 1971	4 years, 361 days	5th (1969–1974)	1924	1943	1988	Muslim	[3]
4	Hasan Grabčanović	31 July 1971	28 March 1974	2 years, 240 days	5th (1969–1974)	1918	1940	1996	Muslim	[4]
5	Nikola Stojanović	28 March 1974	11 May 1978	4 years, 44 days	6th (1974–1978)	1933	1952	2020	Serb	[5]
6	Hrvoje Ištuk	11 May 1978	20 May 1982	8 years, 10 days	7th (1978–1982)	1935	1954	2002	Croat	[6]
7	Ivan Brigić	20 May 1982	28 May 1984	2 years, 8 days	8th (1982–1986)	1936	1957	2015	Croat	[7]
8	Živko Grubor	28 May 1984	21 May 1986	1 year, 358 days	8th (1982–1986)	?	?	?	Serb
9	Šaban Kevrić	21 May 1986	8 July 1988	2 years, 48 days	9th (1986–1989)	1949	1967	?	Muslim	[8]
10	Ivan Cvitković	8 July 1988	9 December 1989	1 year, 154 days	9th (1986–1989)	1945	1962	Alive	Croat	[9]
11	Dragan Kragulj	8 January 1990	24 February 1991	1 year, 47 days	10th (1989–1991)	1949	?	Alive	Muslim

References

1. Lewytzkyj & Stroynowski 1978, p. 405; Stroynowski 1989b, p. 779; Rajović 1970, p. 648.
2. Stroynowski 1989a, p. 243; Rajović 1970, p. 210.
3. Stroynowski 1989c, pp. 946–947; Rajović 1970, p. 839.
4. Rajović 1970, p. 318.
5. Rajović 1970, p. 995; Stanković 1981, p. 139; Stroynowski 1989c, p. 1130.
6. "In Memoriam / U izazovnim vremenima u BiH, u krizi povijesti i moralnih vijednosti sjetimo se Hrvoja Ištuka" [In Memoriam / In challenging times in BiH, in the crisis of history and moral values let us remember Hrvoje Ištuk]. Oslobođenje (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on 16 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
7. Stroynowski 1989a, p. 143.
8. Borba 1982, p. 6.
9. Borba 1970, p. 9.

Bibliography

Books

• Lewytzkyj, Borys; Stroynowski, Juliusz, eds. (1978). Who's Who in the Socialist Countries. K. G. Saur Verlag. ISBN   3-7940-3017-6.
• Rajović, Radošin, ed. (1970). Jugoslovenski savremenici: Ko je ko u Jugoslaviji[Yugoslav Contemporaries: Who's Who in Yugoslavia] (in Serbo-Croatian). Hronometar.
• Stanković, Slobodan (1981). The End of the Tito Era: Yugoslavia's Dilemmas. Hoover International Studies. ISBN   9780817973629.
• Stroynowski, Juliusz, ed. (1989a). Who's Who in the Socialist Countries of Europe: A–H. K. G. Saur Verlag. ISBN   3-598-10719-6.
• Stroynowski, Juliusz, ed. (1989b). Who's Who in the Socialist Countries of Europe: I–O. K. G. Saur Verlag. ISBN   3-598-10719-6.
• Stroynowski, Juliusz, ed. (1989c). Who's Who in the Socialist Countries of Europe: P–Z. K. G. Saur Verlag. ISBN   3-598-10719-6.

Newspapers

• Staff writer (30 June 1982). "Централни комитет Савеза комуниста Југославије" [Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia]. Borba (in Serbo-Croatian). Socialist Alliance of Working People: 6–7. Archived from the original on 14 January 2025.
• Staff writer (5 January 1970). "Омладина и религија" [Youth and Religion]. Borba (in Serbo-Croatian). Socialist Alliance of Working People: 4.